Officers handed out 200,000 more traffic citations in 2009 than it did two years earlier, according to the most recent data available.

State and local officials continue to search for ways to drum up additional revenue as Sacramento, Los Angeles and many of California’s biggest cities grapple with massive budget shortfalls.

The increase in CHP tickets produced as much as $50 million over two years with some fines costing as much as $250 — money that officials say goes to fund state and local courts, crime labs, and other departments.

The number of citations made by CHP officers jumped by 8 percent from 2007 to 2009.

Tickets for public safety violations such as excessive speeding and failure to stop dipped across the state between those years, while technical violations such as expired registration tags and faulty tires jumped significantly higher.